Ethnic cleansing : a legal qualification / / Clotilde Pegorier

• Autore: Pegorier Clotilde
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 345/.0251
• Soggetto topico: Population transfers; Genocide; International crimes - Classification
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the origins of ethnic cleansing and its emergence in law -- Ethnic cleansing as a legal notion in public international law -- Ethnic cleansing and international humanitarian law -- Ethnic cleansing and the law of genocide -- Ethnic cleansing and the law of crimes against humanity -- Conclusion : ethnic cleansing as an independent international crime.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book confronts the problem of the legal uncertainty surrounding the definition and classification of ethnic cleansing, exploring whether the use of the term ethnic cleansing constitutes a valuable contribution to legal understanding and praxis. The premise underlying this book is that acts of ethnic cleansing are, first and foremost, a criminal issue and must therefore be precisely placed within the context of the international law order. In particular, it addresses the question of the specificity of the act and its relation to existing categories of international crime, exploring the
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnic cleansing
• ISBN: 1-138-93008-3; 1-134-06790-9; 0-203-52277-X; 1-299-46935-3; 1-134-06783-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814066603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II